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Regina police seeking two robbery suspects
The Regina Police Service is investigating a robbery at a business that ended with a person being hit with what is believed to have been bear spray. Police said they received a report Wednesday at abo...
Jul 03, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Confirmed coronavirus cases are rising in 40 of 50 U.S. states
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Four U.S. states - Arizona, California, Florida and Texas - reported a combined 25,000 new confirmed coronavirus cases Thursday as the infection curve rose in 40 of the 50 stat...
Jul 03, 2020 Nurse Tanya Markos administers a coronavirus test on patient Ricardo Sojuel at a mobile COVID-19 testing unit July 2, 2020, in Lawrence, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Provincial watchdog probes often don’t lead to charges against police
An analysis of data from civilian police watchdogs in Canada shows that most of their investigations do not result in charges against officers. Charges were laid or forwarded to Crown prosecutors for ...
Jul 03, 2020 Vancouver police chief Adam Palmer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
‘An epidemic:’ Six people die of overdoses in Regina in 36 hours
Between early in the morning on Canada Day and mid-afternoon on Thursday, Regina police responded to seven calls about drug overdoses -- and six of them ended up being deadly. In fact, a police team w...
Jul 02, 2020 Naloxone kits are available for free to anyone who may be likely to witness a fatal opioid overdose. (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan reports 14th death due to COVID-19
Saskatchewan has recorded its 14th death due to complications associated with COVID-19. In a media release Thursday, the provincial government said a person in their 70s who lived in the far north reg...
Jul 02, 2020 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
COVID-19 backlog slowing down road testing in Saskatchewan
Drivers gearing up to take their road test may have to wait a little longer before getting behind the wheel. Anyone hoping to become licensed to drive in Saskatchewan can now schedule their road test,...
Jul 02, 2020
Saskatchewan gives green light to $4B irrigation project at Lake Diefenbaker
The Government of Saskatchewan has announced a $4-billion irrigation project at Lake Diefenbaker. Lyle Stewart, Saskatchewan Party MLA and Legislative Secretary for the Water Security Agency, said the...
Jul 02, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Shooting in Regina sends man to hospital
The Regina Police Service is investigating a shooting Thursday morning that sent a man to hospital. According to police, the incident happened at about 5:30 a.m., in the 2100 block of Broad Street nea...
Jul 02, 2020
Escaped prisoner from Yorkton facility recaptured in Regina
A 46-year-old man who walked away from the White Spruce Provincial Training Centre near Yorkton on June 21 has been recaptured in Regina -- and charged in connection with a drug trafficking operation....
Jul 02, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Ron Lancaster statue vandalized outside Mosaic Stadium
A monument to a Saskatchewan football legend has been vandalized. Graffiti comprising seemingly random letters and numbers were put on the football in the hands of the statue of Ron Lancaster, located...
Jul 02, 2020 The statue of Ron Lancaster outside Mosaic Stadium in Regina on July 2, 2020. (Libby Giesbrecht/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: Let's revive the one-fingered salute
The lonely trip down a never-ending highway needs a signal for "Hey, I see you." Sarah Mills says the only way...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, July 31
On Friday's show, guest host Tamara Cherry talks passenger rights during the WestJet strike, Marineland's beluga whales ...